Dick Turpin
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Interesting to see the news story came from the Horrabridge Times. I spent a weekend in Horrabridge some years back and have a little fortean story to relate.
Mrs DT and I had booked into a B&B, that had been converted from what was the Victorian built village school. The room we were given was in what was the attic space, and there were no windows to open in the room, the only source of fresh air coming in was a skylight in the roof, which was so high up it had to be opened and closed by a remote control – similar to a small TV remote.
Quite late one night, we were in the room debating whether or not we should go downstairs and into the old school yard for our last cigarette of the night, or have an elicit smoke in the room (it was the B&B policy to not smoke anywhere in the building)
Just as I said sod it we’ll stand on the bed and blow the smoke through the skylight, the skylight which was fully open closed immediately and it's blind pulled down all of its own accord.
The remote control however was literally on the other side of the room with neither of us near it.
We just looked at each other and said fair enough we’ll go downstairs then.
Mrs DT and I had booked into a B&B, that had been converted from what was the Victorian built village school. The room we were given was in what was the attic space, and there were no windows to open in the room, the only source of fresh air coming in was a skylight in the roof, which was so high up it had to be opened and closed by a remote control – similar to a small TV remote.
Quite late one night, we were in the room debating whether or not we should go downstairs and into the old school yard for our last cigarette of the night, or have an elicit smoke in the room (it was the B&B policy to not smoke anywhere in the building)
Just as I said sod it we’ll stand on the bed and blow the smoke through the skylight, the skylight which was fully open closed immediately and it's blind pulled down all of its own accord.
The remote control however was literally on the other side of the room with neither of us near it.
We just looked at each other and said fair enough we’ll go downstairs then.